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No. 603,315. Patented May s, 1898.

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PETER BURGLAND, OF DODGE CITY, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRED R. NEWMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

WHIFFLETREE ATTACHEVI ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 603,315, dated May 3, 1898.

Application iiled September 28, 1897. Serial No. 653,332. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, PETER BURGLAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dodge City, in the county of Ford and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Whiffletree Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in whifietree attachments for fastening traces to whiffletrees.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of devices for fastening traces to whiletrees and to provide a strong, durable, and inexpensive device adapted to be readily applied to any Whifiietree and capable of enabling a trace to be rapidly fastened and unfastened and of preventing the same from becoming accidentally detached.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a whiftletree attachment constructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to a whiffietree. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken longitudinally of the whiffhetree and illustrating the manner of fastening a trace. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

1 designates a sleeve or ferrule adapted to it on an end of Va whiffietree 2 and provided at its outer end, which is closed, with a rectangular trace-receiving loop 3, provided at its inner and outersides with registering perforations 4 and 5. The rectangular loop, which is rigid with the sleeve or ferrule 1, receives a trace 6, which is provided with perforations 7, adapted to register with the perforations of the rectangular loop and be engaged by an arm 8 of a sliding rod 9.

The sliding rod 9 is mounted upon the to of the sleeve or ferrule in a tubular housing or casing 1 0, which receives a spiral spring 11 for holding the rod normally in'engagement with the trace and for preventing the same from becoming accidentally disconnected from the whiffletree. The coiled spring 11, which is disposed on the rod,is interposed between the outer end of the casing or housing 10 and a stop 12 of the rod, whereby it is adapted to 'force the rod inward. The outer end of the tubular housing or casing 10 is provided with a threaded cap 13, which is' perforated for the reception of the rod and which is adapted to be removed to enable the parts of the device to be assembled or separated. The inner end of the rod is provided with a detachable head 14, having a threaded opening and adapted t0 screw on the threaded end 15 of the rod. The head 14 has a straight lower edge located contiguous to the sleeve or ferrule to prevent the head from accidentally unscrewing. f

The outer end of thek rod or bolt 9 is bent to form the arm 8, which is substantially L- shaped, having a depending vertical portion and an inwardly-extending horizontal portion. The horizontal portion of the arm,which engages the trace and which passes through the perforations 4 and 5 of the loop, is eX- tended inward into the whiftletree 2, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings, in order to obtain a bearing against the same. The whifietree, which is provided with a longitudinal bore or socket 2, firmly supports the trace-engaging arm and enables the latter to withstand successfully all the strains incident to drawing a vehicle or the like. The trace, which is engaged by the arm, may be provided with metal eyes, which necessitate only a small perforation, thereby increasing the strength and durability of the trace.

The invention has the following advantages VThe device is exceedingly simple and ineX- pensive in construction, it is adapted to be readily applied to various kinds of whiffletrees, and it is capable of securely fastening without departing from the spirit or sacrifie ing` any of the advantages of this invention.

Vhat I claim is- In a deviee of the class deseribed, the oombination of a Whillletree provided at its end with an inwardly extending longitudinal bore, a trace-receiving loop mounted on the end of the Svhiilletree and provided with perforations registering with the bore, a easing mounted upon the Whiffletree and provided at its outer end with a removable eap and having its inner end open, a rod having its outer end extended through the loop and fitting in the bore of the Whilfletree, the body portion of the rod extending through the easing` and passing through a perforation of the cap and having its inner end threaded, the stop 12 mounted on the body portion of the rod and arranged Within the easing at the inner end thereof, a coiled spring housed Within the easing and interposed between the removable eap and the stop 12, and the detachable head la threaded to engage the inner end of the rod, and provided with a substantially straight edge arranged contiguous to the top of the whillletree, and adapted to slide longitudinally thereof, said head being prevented from accidentally unserewing by the whiffletree, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PETER BURGLAND.

Vitnesses:

T. H. TRAYNOR, E. E. ZURICK. 

